Síofra O'Leary
President of the European Court of Human Rights
Assumed office
1 November 2022
Preceded byRóbert Ragnar Spanó
Vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights
In office
2 January 2022 – 1 November 2022
PresidentRóbert Ragnar Spanó
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Assumed office
2 July 2015
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byCouncil of Europe
Personal details
Born (1968-09-20) 20 September 1968
Dublin, Ireland
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (BCL)
European University Institute (PhD)

Síofra O’Leary (born 20 September 1968) is an Irish lawyer and judge who has served as President of the European Court of Human Rights since November 2022 and as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since July 2015. She previously served as a Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights in 2022.

Biography

O’Leary was born in Dublin where she completed a Bachelor of Civil Law degree at University College Dublin in 1989. She went on to study at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where she received her Ph.D. focused on European law in 1993. O'Leary then worked in research at the Universities of Cadiz and London before going on to become Assistant Director in the Center for European Law Studies at the University of Cambridge in 1996. O'Leary went on to become a Fellow at Emmanuel College there .[1][2][3]

Starting in 1996 for three years, O'Leary held the position of Référendaire (consultant) at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. She then became the "Chef de cabinet" from 2000 to 2004. During her time at the Court of Justice, O'Leary also worked as a visiting fellow at the University of Dublin’s sole constituent college Trinity College from 1999 to 2004. Since 2003, she has been a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Her lectures address practitioners, government agencies and academics on fundamental rights, EU law and European Court of Justice practice and procedure. She writes articles on fundamental rights, EU employment law, the free movement of persons and services and EU citizenship. O'Leary held various positions at the Court of Justice of the European Union until April 2015 when she was elected to replace Ann Power as Ireland's judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Her term began on 2 July 2015 and is expected to end on 1 July 2024. From 1 January 2020, O'Leary has been President of Section.[1][2][3] On 15 November 2021 she was elected as the Court's vice president.[4] On 19 September 2022, she was elected President of the Court and became the first woman to hold that position when[5] she took up office on 1 November 2022 replacing Róbert Ragnar Spanó who is Icelandic.[6]

Bibliography

  • The Evolving Concept of Community Citizenship (Kluwer, 1996)
  • Employment Law at the European Court of Justice (Hart Publishing, 2001)

References and sources

  1. 1 2 ECHR (5 July 1973). "Judges, Sections, Grand Chamber". European Court of Human Rights - ECHR, CEDH, news, information, press releases. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Speakers Bio Judge Siofra O'Leary - International Conference 'Freedom Under Pressure'". Ghent University. 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Irish lawyer Siofra O'Leary appointed judge at ECHR". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Judge O'Leary elected Vice-President of European Court of Human Rights". EU Law Live. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Irish judge elected first female president of ECHR". www.rte.ie. 16 March 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Síofra O'Leary, première femme à présider la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme". La Croix (in French). 1 November 2022. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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